Corkscrew



(No Model.)

' L. S..M0WHORTER.

GORKSGREW.

Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

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vllGiJ UNITED STATES PATENT @EEICE.

LEVI S. MOIVHORTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CORKSCREW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,286, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed August 29, 1888. $erial No. 284,061. (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEVI S. MCWHORTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corkscrews, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a corkscrew of ordinary form having an attachment upon its shank in the form of a cross-bar or similar device to act as a key for turning and unlocking the cap of the stopper when extracting the cork.

It further consists in details of construction hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a corkscrew embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the corkscrew inserted in the cork in the neck of a bottle. Fig. 3 is an end view of the neck of the bottle with the corkscrew removed. Figs. eL and 5 are end views taken on the section m it, looking down. Fig. 6 shows a modification. Fig. 7 is a detail view of cap E.

A represents the handle of the corkscrew; B, the spiral screw; C, the shank; D, the crossbar or key.

E is the cap, having extended portions act and raised portions 1) Z).

(Z d are the lips or lugs on the inside of the neck of the bottle under which the portion a a of the cap E fits.

My invention is intended for drawing corks from bottles of a peculiar formsuch as shown in 2, 3, at, and 5-in which the cork is held down by a cap, E, which sits upon the top of the cork, and as the cork is forced down into place the cap is turned and the projecting portions a a slide under the lips d d in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is securely locked down.

In order to extract the cork, it is necessary, first, to turn and unlock the cap E. This my device does in a simple and effective manner in the operation of extracting the cork, as follows: The corkscrew is screwed into the cork through the hole in the cap until the cross-bar D comes down upon the cap and engages the raised portions Z) Z). Then by a quarter- .urn of the handle the cap isunlocked and the cork may be drawn.

The cross-bar or key D is securely attached to the shank of the corkscrew, and is of such a length and thickness as to easily enter the socket formed by the raised portions 1) b of the cap. I prefer to make this key of a crossbar about one-half inch in length and oneeighth inch in thickness, its width being immaterial, and to secure it to the shank just above the spiral screw; but it is obvious that these features may be slightly varied without departing from the spirit of my invent-ion, and the form of the key adapted to fit different forms of caps, or its location upon the shank raised or lowered, if desired; also, the shank maybe forged or cast with lugs or ears integral with it, as shown in Fig. 6, forming the key instead of the cross-bar D.

I am aware of English Patent No. 9,749 of 1887, and make no claim to the invention therein shown and described.

\Vhat I claim is The herein-described corkscrew, consisting of the handle A, spiral screw B, shank C,and the cross-bar D upon the shank just above the spiral screw B, forming a key adapted to engage the raised portions 1) Z) of the cap E when the"corkscrew is inserted, all substantially as shown and described.

LEVI S. MCIVHORTER. lVitnesses:

F. J. LE MoYNE, L. V. LE MoYNE. 

